San Jose City Living

The London Fog Tea Latte at Starbucks is FANTASTIC!   Sure at first it smells and tastes like sweaty socks, but then it sort of grows on you.

Don’t ask me what it is that makes it so great (Tea, steamed milk, and some vanilla) but it sure hits the spot, especially on a foggy day.  I’ve been up all night working on the computer and now at 9am I am going to treat myself to a fantastic sip of yumness.  I highly recommend it folks.  Give it a shot.  But by all means make sure they stir that stuff up.  Last thing you want to do is to add a bit of Splenda to it and over do it.

Just make sure they stir it up a bit and you’re golden.  Also, off and on I get told that we’re supposed to let it sit for 10 minutes to enhance the flavor?  Who is actually going to order, then stare at it for 10 minutes.  Not I said the sheep!

I’m off to the Starbucks on 2nd street, downtown next to the camera 12 theaters (which don’t let you bring in your damn latte – lame) with my pal Eric.  He’s a great photographer and flash developer so check out his work at dizzypixel.smugmug.com.

Ciao fellow San Jose folks.  Let’s have an amazing day shall we?  I’ll post a photo of the latte on twitter.

Coffee Society in The Pruneyard is an awesome place to go if you need to get out of the house or office in order to get work done.

I personally can’t think of a better place to get work done when I either can’t focus, need a caffeine pick me up, or just need to be around other people.  Great perks include Free Wifi which is usually very strong, amazing gourmet coffee, seriously good iced tea (great pick me up), great music (sometimes loud so bring headphones if you want to tune it out), and just a great ambiance.

Coffee Society is also located in Cupertino at 21265 Stevens Creek Blvd (across from De Anza College) and has just as nice an ambiance as the Pruneyard spot.  But I still enjoy Campbell over Cupertino any day.

One other key review is the hours!  Open till 11am even on Sunday.  Don’t ask me how early they open as you won’t catch me awak before 9am.

Visit their website if you want to know more Coffee Society Website.

I’ll be here till they close tonight so feel free to stop by.  I’m the tall handsome guy in a long sleeve white shirt.  Very sexy

Andrew

Blendz is the best possible smoothie shop you could imagine.

So yea, I’m a little biased because I live in the building above it. But I’ve been a die-hard fan of this place since they opened up in downtown Campbell.

I think I just may be their number 1 customer. I’d have to say my girlfriend and I eat there at least once a day. Sometimes even twice!

My favorites include the Breakfast Blendz, Natural Buzz, Going Nuts, and especially the Red Bull Blendz. You really do have to try this place.

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Moonbeans is one of my favorite coffee shops located next door to the 24 Hour Fitness off of Cottle near the Santa Theresa Kaiser Hospital. Mainly because while my girlfriend hits the gym, I can relax with an awesome hot tea and work on my laptop with free wifi. Normally this is a great experience.

The other factor that set this place apart was the great employees. The sister of the owner and her daughter worked her for a long time and they made it a very enjoyable time. Even after they would close at 8pm, they would let me stay while they cleaned, allowing me to keep working until my girlfriend finished doing her cardio.

It just isn’t the same now. While the new employees (the owner’s sister in law and a 17 year old high school student) are fine, they don’t hold a candle to the former two. And on this Monday evening, the environment took a dive for the worst. The sister in law’s 2 kids decided it was a good idea to just run around making the loudest of noises and gleeful squeels.

Don’t get me wrong, I love kids! It’s fun watching children play and be silly. But when I can’t even hear myself think, it ruins the whole joy of coming here. And now as 8pm rolls around, I’m packing up to go sit in the car to wait for girlfriend. Ah the joys of being a good boyfriend and helping her carpool in order to dodge vast amounts of traffic. I’m off!

-Andrew